TENNESSEEHackingHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

Chattanooga C.A.R.E.S.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 30, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

1,341

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Chattanooga C.A.R.E.S. →

Chattanooga C.A.R.E.S. d/b/a Cempa Community Care reported to HHS on 2026-01-30 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1341 individuals. Breached information located on Other. A subcontractor of the entity's business associate experienced a hacking attack compromising demographic and clinical PHI. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and published website notice; the subcontractor will also notify individuals and media.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Jan 30, 2026

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,341 affectedView incident

Name: Chattanooga C.A.R.E.S.
norm: chattanooga cares
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Chattanooga C.A.R.E.S.
norm: chattanooga cares
Also named: Chattanooga C.A.R.E.S.dba oflegal entity
Cempa Community Caredba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,341nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules
Third party: via subcontractor of its business associatebusiness associate
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Published notice on its website
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Jan 30, 2026
Raw hash: f077d084c3165022fbf87248f7c4846880fbecd00f2f3ff7caaf95e3109bf3e0

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Reporting entityChattanooga C.A.R.E.S.

Victim entityChattanooga C.A.R.E.S.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing